Rox
Equity Compensation and Payroll Lead
$185K–$215K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 22, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; must have designed a payroll approval workflow and been through a PEO exit or payroll platform migration.
About the job
Own Rox’s payroll, variable compensation, equity administration, and related tax and compliance operations end to end.
What you'll do
- Control payroll inputs, approvals, commissions-file review, funding, and payroll calendar.
- Calculate and document non-sales variable compensation; administer equity plans, payroll tax, fringe benefits, benefits census, and EOR administration.
- Lead PEO exit readiness and transition when the company decides to move.
What they ask for
- Deep knowledge of payroll tax mechanics, including multi-state withholding and wage bases, supplemental rates, and quarterly and annual filings.
- Equity administration across restricted stock, 83(b), ISO and NSO treatment, vesting and repurchase schedules, and cap-table-to-payroll reconciliation; experience with more than one instrument type.
- Fringe-benefit and accountable-plan taxability expertise, and experience designing or materially improving a payroll approval workflow.
- 8+ years in payroll operations, stock plan administration, or blended People/Finance operations at a company that grew through the 100 to 300 employee range; must have designed a payroll approval workflow and been through a PEO exit or payroll platform migration.
Nice to have
- CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or CEP (Certified Equity Professional); Carta or equivalent cap table administration.
- Working comfort with accruals, GL coding, and reconciliation.
Pay
$185,000 to $215,000 USD base salary
Tools
Carta, QuotaPath
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